Opioid prescribing practices following bariatric surgery: a systematic review and pooled proportion meta-analysis.
Andrea LinKevin VerhoeffValentin MocanuKieran PurichKhadija NasserJanice Y KungDaniel W BirchShahzeer KarmaliNoah J SwitzerPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
Nearly 90% of all bariatric patients evaluated in our systematic review are prescribed excessive opioids at discharge. Further work characterizing current opioid prescribing practices and use may help guide development of standardized post-bariatric surgery prescription guidelines.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- bariatric surgery
- primary care
- chronic pain
- weight loss
- meta analyses
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- obese patients
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- roux en y gastric bypass
- prognostic factors
- adverse drug
- patient reported outcomes
- weight gain
- body mass index
- clinical practice
- drug induced